, 1887-03-30
THE EIGHTY-SEvENTH.
Mr.. Parnell Says the Irish Co.
ercion Bill
Is Stringent, Tyrannical and
Uncalled For.
The Nebraska Legislatures
Resolutions of Sympathy.
Sympathlzing With Ireland.

oyLAPdtulZluk Win lr6l8QQ.
LINCOLN, March 29.--The following
cablegram was received by Hon. John
Fitzgerald. to day. and the following re-
ply sent to Mr.. Parnell:
HOUSE OF COMMONS, LONDON, March
%, lSS7.-T Hon. John Fitzgerald,
Lincoln. Neb.!-The coercion bill pro-
posed to night in the house of commons
is the eighty-seventh since the act of
unitn, eighty-seven years ago. 1t is also
the most stringent, tyrannical and un
called for by the state of affairs in Ire
land. Never before has a coercion bill
been proposed when crime was so rapidly
decreasing as compared with previous
years. The measure is aimed against all
open agitation, and appears to be ex-
pressly designed Tor driving discomfort be-
meath the surface. 1t places all public
speakers, writer's and conductors of news
papers absolutely at the mercy of the sti-
pendiary magistrates, holding their Office
at the pleasure of the crown. 1t CON
dennis the Irish speaking peasant of rack
rented Kerry to the tender mercies of a
packed Jury of Orangemen, or landlords,
or to a jury of Englishmen at the Old
Bailey in London. The Liberal party,
beaded by Gladstone. stands as one man
against this iniquitous measure and will
fight shoulder to shoulder with us in op-
posing it to the last. 1t seems impossi-
Bile to believe that even the present house
of commons will continue to follow the
Tory government in their mad course, and
good judges consider the measure will
break and ruin the cabinet. We must,
however, prepare for the worst, and |
confidently appeal to the American peo-
pie for the sympathy and support which
they have never withheld from a people
struggling for liberty.
lSigned. PARNELL.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 29.-To Hon.
Charles s. ParneN, NJ. p, House Of
Commons, London: Gable received. The
league will redouble its efforts. Ireland
it secure OF American sympathy and sup
port in the coming crisis. The Nebraska
legislature to-day, by unanimous vote,
passed resolutions of sympathy with Ire
land, and condemning the Tory policy of
coercion. This and similar manifestations
throughout this free country give the lie
to the ISLANDERS of the English press that
true Americans do not sSmpathize with
Ireland. This great ljbertylpving people
Of the United States are entirely in sym
pathy with Ireland's great struggle for
home rule.
[Signed. JOIN FITZGERALD,
President.
The following resolutions passed both
houses of the legislature by unanimous
vote, and were moved by Hon. Whitmore
in the house and Senator Colby in the
senate, and were Immediately cabled to
Gladstone and Parnell.
WHEREAS, The government of Great
Britain in defiance of the wishes of the
Irish people, and of the expressed will of
the people of Wales and Scotland, and of
the democracy of England, deny the Irish
people a responsible government, and
now threaten them with the infection Of
laws that will trample on every vestige OF
personal and constitutional liberty, and
must only end in bloodshed, if not in the
ruin Of the Irish people, and,
WHEREAS, The Irish people have al
ways been steadfast and faithful friends
Of American liberty, fighting for its
achievement aud dying for its preservation,
and SO bound up with us by ties of blood
and honorable memories that our hearts
are greatly moved by their noble struggle
for freedom,
Resolred, That we condemn the Irish
policy of Lord Salisbury and his cabinet
as at variance with every principle of con-
stitutional law and justice. as inhuman in
conception and tending not only to iniurc
the people of Ireland, but to imperil the
safety Of the British Empire, and to es-
TRANCE the good will and friendship of the
American people, who have never sane
toned the policy that conflicts with justice
and liberty.
Resoired, That we extend to Parne.l
and his co laborers, md to the Irish ma
ton. our heartfelt sympathy and cncour.
agement to continue their gallant struggle
until, until under a national and
responsible government ireland shall once
more enjoy peace and happiness.
Resolred, That we honor the noble
stand taken by Gladstone and the enlight-
ened democracy Of Great Britain, and ex-
press our confidence that their principles
of Justice and liberty to Ireland will pre-
vail over the barbarous and unrighteous
policy of the Tory government, that copies
of these resolutions be cabled 10 Charles
Stewart Parnell and William l.. Glad
STONE hatca ~ commons IonIo,